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Feeling effective and skillful (e.g. overcoming challenges, mastering mechanics)
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+5.0
Long Live The Queen
The game requires mastering many skills and strategic planning to survive; failure leads to death and replay.
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+4.0
Machinarium
The game features challenging and varied puzzles that require logical thinking and problem solving, with feedback and…
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+5.0
Monster Train 2
High skill ceiling with complex synergies, strategic planning, and challenging difficulty levels that reward mastery.
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+5.0
My Summer Car
The game demands high skill and knowledge to successfully build and maintain the car, with frequent technical…
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+4.0
Obama Boss Fight
The game is described as challenging with skill-based combat, dodging, and mastery of spells, rewarding player…
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+4.0
Orbox C
The game offers a steady difficulty curve with increasingly complex puzzles that require skillful planning and logical…
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+5.0
Original War
The game demands skillful management of limited unique units, strategic planning, and adaptation to changing mission…
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+4.0
Peace, Death! 2
The game requires skillful observation, memory, and arithmetic to manage increasingly complex rules and client…
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+4.0
Poker Night at the Inventory
Players learn and improve poker skills, face challenging AI opponents, and receive feedback on performance.
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+5.0
Poly Bridge 2
High skill ceiling with challenging puzzles requiring engineering thinking and optimization.
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+5.0
POLYBIUS
The game requires high skill, reflexes, and mastery of mechanics to progress through increasingly difficult levels.
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+4.0
Potato Flowers in Full Bloom
Combat is strategic and rewards skillful planning, resource management, and tactical decision-making; players receive…
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+5.0
Racket: Nx
High skill ceiling with precise racket and ball physics, mastery curve, and challenging levels requiring practice and…
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+4.0
Retail Hell
Gameplay requires skillful multitasking, resource management, and adapting to increasing challenges.
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+5.0
Retrocycles
Game has a very high skill ceiling with complex mechanics, precision, reaction speed, and strategic depth praised by…
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+4.0
Roboquest
The game offers a high skill ceiling with fast-paced movement and shooting mechanics, rewarding player mastery and…
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+5.0
Rogue
The game is known for its high difficulty and skill-based survival, requiring mastery of mechanics and strategic…
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+4.0
ROGUE LIGHT DECK BUILDER
Players experience skill growth through mastering hammer physics, perfect nail hits, and speedrunning challenges.
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+4.0
Rush Rally Origins
Game offers skill-based driving challenges with leaderboards, medals, and upgrade systems rewarding mastery and…
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+5.0
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
The game is challenging, rewarding skillful play, strategic thinking, and mastery of mechanics with frequent feedback…
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+5.0
SHENZHEN I/O
The game demands high skill in programming, circuit design, optimization, and logical reasoning with clear feedback and…
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+5.0
Shipwrecked 64
The game demands high skill in puzzle solving, observation, and platforming, with complex challenges and rewarding…
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+5.0
Shogun Showdown
The game is challenging and rewards skillful play, strategic planning, and mastery of mechanics; mistakes are clearly…
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+4.0
Shredders
Game features a significant learning curve with challenging controls and physics rewarding skillful trick execution and…
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